Hanger or ear for overhead electric trolley-wires.



PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906 A. RICHARDSON. HANGER 0R EAR FOR OVERHEADELECTRIC TROLLEY WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.6,1905.

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ABRAHAM RICHARDSON, OF BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF SEVEN-EIGHT HS TOJOSEPH HEAP, HENRY HEAP, JAMES BAILEY,

THOMAS BRIERLEY ROBERT BILLINGTON, JAMES HAYDOGK, AND THOMAS SMITHJONES, OF BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND.

HANGER OR EAR FOR OVERHEAD ELECTRIC TROLLEY-WIRES- Patented Feb. 20,1906.

Application filed February 6, 1905. Serial No- 244,375.

To all whom it may concern: I

hanger together without the necessity of solderingahe coi'iductonwirethereto.

It is designed to provide a hanger and car which will firmly grip andsecurely hold the wire, which is simpler in construction andmanipulation, and which can be produced at comparatively small cost.

The invention will be fully'described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which a form of the invention is illustrated.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention; Fig. 2, a transversesection of same; Fig. 3', a side elevatioinpartly in section.

The hanger and ear is constructed of two parts or jaws A and B, withgrooves a and b to receive the conductor-wire O, as is customary in whatare known or described as.me chanical hangers or cars. The jaws maywholly or partially grip the wires.

The jaws A and B are formed with shanks D flat on one side, which, whenthe two parts or jaws A and B are brought together form a shank conicalor tapering slightly upward to- Between the shanks an internally-screwedsocket is formed, part in each shank, to receive the end of theinsulatorbolt G. The insulator-bolt G is formed with a shoulder 9.

Over the tapered shank D a collar E is placed, which is forced down bythe shoulder g of the insulator-bolt G over the shank and compresses thelower ed es of the jaws A and B tightly upon the conductor-wire C, whichfits within the grooves a and b. The insulator-bolt G also serves toforce the two parts of the shank D asunder against the sides of thecollar E. The collar E is provided with an inwardly-projecting flange e,a ainst which the shoulder g of the insulator-b0 t G engages.

A dowel pin or other projection F on the jaw A fits into a hole orrecess 7' in the jaw B to insure the two jaws being placed togetherinthe correct position.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent,is

1. An ear or hanger for supporting or hold? ing up electricconductor-wires constructed with two jaws to grip the wiresupwardly-extending tapered shanks to said jaws aninternally-screwedsocket between the said shanks to receive the end of'the'insulator-bolt, a taper-collar provided with an inwardly-projectingannular flange placed over the shanksthe insulatorsbelt inserted in thesocket and a shoulder thereon to engage the flange on the collar andforce it over the tapered shank, substantially as described.

2. In an ear or hanger for supporting electric conductor-wires, thecombination with two jaws of upwardly extending divided shanks, suchshanks being tapered. and fur nished with an internally screw threadedsocket one part in each shank to receive the screwed end of theinsulator-bolt a collar with inwardly projecting annular flange placedover the tapered shanks of the jaws an. insulating and supporting screwinserted in the socket and ashoulder on the said insulator-bolt toengage the annular flange an force the collar over the shanksubstantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed myj iarne in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

of the jaws,

, ABRAHAM RICHARDSON. W itnesses J. OWDEN OBRIEN,

B. TATHAM WOODLIOALL.

